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Feb. 2, 1965 L. M. TOMS 3,167,873

RECORD FILE Filed Jan. 27, 1964 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 F I ll [0 ACME ADVAN EANDY , INVENTOR.

LLOYD M. ToMs BY wm u, WM MMM L. M. TOMS RECORD FILE Feb. 2, 1965 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 27, 1964 INVENTOR. LLOYD M. ToMs view of theassembly. of FIG. 1, and

3,167,873 RECORD FILE Lloyd M. Toms, Crozet, V2,, assignor toAcmeVisible Records, Inc., Crozet, Va., a corporation of Delaware FiledJan. 27, 1964, Ser. No. 340,321 2 Claims. (Cl. 40-124) This inventionrelates to record filing devices. More particularly, the presentinvention relates to record filing devices comprising a holder panelcharacterized by novel divider elements forming pockets for thereception of cards and the like, in a stepped manner permitting exposureof the upper marginal edge portion of the filed article and thus avisible index to the filed contents.

The invention is further characterized by the internesting andcooperative character of the individual divider elements and theirconstruction and arrangement permitting them to be disposed in aninclined fashion in their holder frame without necessity for fastenerdevices or fastening operations to hold the dividers or partitions inproper position.

The objects and further advantages of the present invention, its detailsof construction and arrangement of parts will be apparent from aconsideration of the following specification and accompanying drawings,wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a mounting frame or panelembodying thedividers of the present invention, further illustratingitems filed therein, and

FIG. 2 is a side elevational'view thereof, with parts broken away.

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged transverse sectional FIG. 4 is afragmentary enlarged vertical sectional view of the assembly of FIG. 1,further illustrating the filing of articles therein. 7

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the face of one of the divider elements,and

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the rear of one of the divider elements.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 10 designates the baseof a holder frame having eyelets 11 whereby the unit may be hung on awall or the like in operative use. In the alternative, it willbeunderstood that the panel 10 can be mounted on a free standing easel orcan be pivotally mounted on a longitudinal edge. Secured to the face ofthe panel 10 are a plurality of vertically disposed channel unitsgenerally indicated as 9, each comprising a web portion 12 and legs 13and 14 disposed normal to the web 12, leg 13 having an inturned flange15-which is parallel to the web 12. The leg 14 is longer than the leg 13and further comprises a flanged portion 16 which is disposed parallel tothe web 12, and the inturned or return bent leg component 17 parallel tothe leg 14. The leg 17 terminates a distance from the web 12 equal tothat of the distance between the flange 15 fromthe web 12.

To the flange portion 16 there is outwardly secured the label holder 18.As will be observed from FIG. 1, the mounting panel 10 has a pluralityof channels 9 secured Ito and extending vertically thereof inside-by-side relationship as also appears from the fragmentary view ofFIG. 3.

units generally designated as 19 may be formed of any suitable materialsuch as plastic or metal, they are desir- 3,167,873 Patented Feb. 2,1965 ably formed of a sin'gle sheet of'material comprising a facing'20,a foot member '21 extending normal thereto, and a backing 22 which isreturn bent and folded against the facing 20 on the line 23. Thisbacking 22 terminates in a channel or foot member of substantiallytruncated .V-shape defined by the web component 24 which is normal tothe backing 22 and the outwardly inclined terminal flange 25.

As shown from FIGS. 3 and 4, these divider units 19 are adapted to bedisposed in internesting relationship within the channel members 9between the web 12 thereof and the components 15 and 17. Thus, as willbe seen best from FIG. 4, a unit 19 is disposed within a channel member9 so that the inclined leg 25 rests against the web 12 and the forwardedge 23 abuts against the portions 15 and-17. A second divider ismounted so that its foot 21 rests against and parallel to the web 24with its edge 23 likewise abutting against the components 15 and 17, andso on, with as many divider panels 19 as is desired, the divider unitsthus being disposed at an incline within the channel members 9 mountedon panel 10.

In this manner also the face of one divider unit is held spaced from theback of an adjacent divider and provides a space or pocket between twoadjacent divider units. The spacing between two divider units provides apocket within which may be received an item to be filed such as the unit26 which may be a phone dialer card, an Addressograph plate, a creditplate, and the like.

Wheneach of these units is of equal dimension and of height slightlygreater than that between the fold line 23 and the foot 21 of eachdivider unit, the upper edges of the received items 26 are stepped andsuccessively visibly disposed as shown in FIG. 1 to provide a selfindex. The label holder 14 may have disposed within the channels thereofa cooperative index strip marked with suitable indicia such as thenumerals indicated at 27.

It will thus be seen that the dividers 19 can be simply and easily madefrom a single sheet of material and that these separate dividers arethen readily stacked within the channel members and any number may beused, dependent upon channel height. There are no additionalspot-welding or other fastening means necessary to hold these partitionsor dividers in proper location.

Although I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention it will be understood by those skilled in the art that changesmay be made in the details thereof without departing from its scope ascom prehended by the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a record filing device, a plurality of internested dividers eachcomprising a panel and a pair of foot members extending respectivelyfrom the opposed faces of the panel, a first one of said foot membersextending from the lower edge of the panel and being disposed normalthereto, the second being disposed inwardly of said bottom edge andhaving a first component disposed normal to said panel and a secondterminal component disposed at an incline outwardly therefrom, the firstfoot member of one divider element being disposed within the second footmember of an adjacent divider element.

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1. IN A RECORD FILLING DEVICE, A PLURALITY OF INTERNESTED DIVIDERS EACHCOMPRISING A PANEL AND A PAIR OF FOOT MEMBERS EXTENDING RESPECTIVELYFROM THE OPPOSED FACES OF THE PANEL, A FIRST ONE OF SAID FOOT MEMBERSEXTENDING FROM THE LOWER EDGE OF THE PANEL AND BEING DISPOSED NORMALTHERETO, THE SECOND BEING DISPOSED INWARDLY OF SAID BOTTOM EDGE ANDHAVING A FIRST COMPONENT DISPOSED NORMAL TO SAID PANEL AND A SECONDTERMINAL COMPONENT DISPOSED AT AN INCLINE OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, THE FIRSTFOOT MEMBER OF ONE DIVIDER ELEMENT BEING DISPOSED WITHIN THE SECOND FOOTMEMBER OF AN ADJACENT DIVIDER ELEMENT.